Address and contacts

The Commonwealth Building,
The Hammersmith Hospital,
Du Cane Road,
London W12 0NN

For Imperial staff please use +44 (0)20 7589 5111
For the NHS hospital please use + 44 (0)20 3313 1000

About the campus

Hammersmith Campus, East Acton is one of our medical teaching and research campuses. Based around Hammersmith Hospital facilities on site for staff and students include a campus library, a number of catering outlets (see left hand column) and sports facilities.

Information about accessibility at Hammersmith Campus is available online at AccessAble accessibility guides

How to find us

From Heathrow Airport

Take the Underground to Hammersmith, then bus 72 (destination East Acton); this stops opposite the campus at Hammersmith Hospital.

Alternatively, take the Heathrow Express to Paddington (15 minutes), then the Underground to East Acton (12 minutes).

From Gatwick Airport

Take the Gatwick Express to London Victoria (journey time 30 minutes) and then by Underground train to East Acton station.

If you travel by sea

Take a railway train from the port of entry to London (Harwich to London Liverpool Street , journey time 1.5 hours; Dover to London Victoria , journey time 2 hours). Then travel by Underground train to East Acton station.

If you arrive by train

From any of the London railway stations, travel by Underground to White City (Central Line) or Wood Lane (Hammersith and City Line). 

It is about a 10 minute walk; turn right out of either station and walk up Wood Lane, then left into Du Cane Road to the Hammersmith campus, which is on the right hand side of the road.

By bus

Bus routes 7, 72, 272, 70 all go to the campus.

For bus timetables to Hammersmith Hospital see the TFL website.